One of the world's first great military powers, the Assyrians used their aggressive power and cunning to build their empire to heights never seen before.

Dec 11, 2006 - Robin Fowler

According to the prophet Isaiah, Assyrian arrows were sharp, and all their bows bent and their horses' hoofs were like flint when chariot wheels moved.

Apr 25, 2011 - Eliot Elwar

Current knowledge of the Assyrians relies to some extent on the primary information garnered from a range of decorated wall panels, sculptures and freestanding stela.

Jan 20, 2010 - Neil Gunn

The accounts of these merchants provide a written record of Bronze Age commerce as well as insight into the development of society in Anatolia and northern Mesopotamia.

Feb 10, 2009 - Robert McRoberts

Indigenous peoples have an important role in conservation, as seen by the involvement of an Indonesian tribe in the rescue and release of a Javan leopard.

Oct 10, 2010 - Annette Pipe

Some of the first North Americans inhabited the California area. California today has the largest and most diversified populations of Native Americans.

Sep 21, 2010 - Paula I. Nielson

In tropical Bolivia, indigenous people are taking charge of wildlife conservation and scoring key victories.

Aug 9, 2008 - Colin Forsyth

Several races and ethnicities inhabit the subcontinent of India among which are the Indo-Aryans of the north and the Dravidians of the south.

Dec 29, 2011 - Paula I. Nielson

Native Cypriots have endured millennia of multiple invaders, yet retain their cultural integrity and claim to land, despite losing half their island to Turkish invaders.

Aug 21, 2007 - Woorama

Can Europeans reclaim their indigeneity? Gaelic Aborigine Tad Hargrave says yes, and shares some of his language and wisdom with us.

Jun 4, 2006 - Woorama

Ethiopian indigenous peoples are threatened as much by colonial constructs of their identity as they are by bullets, drought and famine.

May 16, 2007 - Woorama

Colonial homophobia marginalised homosexual and transgender Aborigines. But intolerance was never part of traditional life, as seen in the story of the Tiwi Sistergirls.

Jun 6, 2006 - Woorama

Suggestions of genocide put the colonisation of Australia in a harsh light. The issue arises most frequently in reference to the natives of Tasmania.

Oct 12, 2010 - Brian Cross